The Dogpatch neighborhood, in San Francisco, contains the oldest and intact housing concentration for industrial workers in the city. «It is one of the last bastions of San Francisco that has protected from the technological culture present in other places,» says Interior Designer Becky Carter. «It has a strong presence of artists and a pleasant residential sensation, but a spirit of creativity. «
Dogatch is also the place where John Ramsbacher, real estate promoter, and Robert Berry, female fashion designer, knew they should invest. So, after observing some key changes in the area, They made a Victorian historic house —A of the last original houses that remain in San Francisco – to transform it into its own abode. «The previous owners had not updated the house much in the last 50 years,» says Ramsbacher. «They put some stucco on the outer walls and some cheap windows, but when we saw it, the house was not in a position to be inhabited.»
It must be recognized that the couple liked having a blank page to work. Through their real estate agent, Ramsbacher and Berry were lucky enough to contact the architect Benjamin McGriff, based in San Francisco. The three congenied instantly: «They were looking for someone who could Take this historical but deteriorated house and return your original spirit «, McGriff says. «They also wanted to add an extension and language more in line with their aesthetics and what they are.» On the part of John, you have a pragmatic business mind [y alguien que también] Quality values a lot and admires art. Robert is the bold artistic coup with which John also congenia. «
It took some time to find the proper adjustment in terms of interior design, but when the couple met with Carter – which also designed McGriff's house in Oakland – it was clear that the project would be pleasant: «After Becky knew John and Robert, a good project became a great project,» says McGriff. «When they returned with their first vision, it was clear that they had understood us,» says Ramsbacher. «They took us in addresses that we would not have expected, and They impressed us from the beginning to the end. «
When working together, Studio Becky Carter promised to give Ramsbacher and Berry A space that was comfortable, rich in design and culture and that was at art. Ramsbacher's lifelong art collection became a central point from the beginning: «I asked him what works of art I wanted to be exposed,» says Carter. «And from that selection, color palettes were extracted.» With the other colors used in space, there was a true meaning and sensitivity around cohesion from the upper part of the house to the lower one, but we wanted it to be subtle. In the living room, we draw a beautiful ocher sunny chair that then appears in the refractory ceramic tiles of the bathroom of the upper floor. No light decision was made, but arose immediately. «